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This blog contains posts that share five interesting facts about one of IBM's products or services. This blog is brought to you by IBM Redbooks and is maintained by Martin Keen (@MartinRTP) and James Pistilli.

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The new intelligent resource and workload management software, called IBM Spectrum Computing , is designed to make it easier for organizations to extract fullvalue from data to accelerate performance-intensive analytics or machine learning. This technology can be used across industries to help sequence genomes for improved cancer treatment, or for engineers to design a championship-winning Formula One race car or bankers to personalize financial services to attract new customers. The... [Continue Reading]

IBM NeXtScale System is a new dense offering from IBM. It is based on our experience with IBM iDataPlex and IBM BladeCenter along with a tight focus on emerging and future client requirements. Today we announced two components: IBM NeXtScale n1200 enclosure – a 6U enclosure that can hold up to 12 NeXtScale System servers IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 server – a half-wide server with up to 2 processors, 8 DIMMs (256 GB), 2 PCIe 3.0 adapters, and 2 HDDs or 4 solid-state drives Here are 5... [Continue Reading]

The IBM Power System S822LC for High Performance Computing (8335-GTB) was designed to provide exceptional accelerated computing performance. As all Power System LC servers, the S822LC was co-designed with OpenPOWER Foundation ecosystem members and designed for demanding Linux workloads. What is most remarkable is this server is the first, and currently the only, Power Systems server to include a custom POWER8 processor. IBM has been... [Continue Reading]

The IBM System x3750 M4 is a 4-socket server featuring a streamlined design, optimized for price and performance, with best-in-class flexibility and expandability. Here are 5 things you might not already know about the x3750 M4. The x3750 M4 supports 16 HDDs or 32 SSDs 1. The x3750 M4 exceeds Intel’s plan of record for memory performance When Intel develops a new processor like the E5-4600 family, it determines which memory speeds it will support for each DIMM type and number of DIMMs per... [Continue Reading]